On Any Given Day, Social Workers Help Video

I am going to college next fall to start my degree with a social work diploma. I hope to get my masters one day! Something that helped me make up my mind was a year ago when I was trying to access government funding because I was 17 and going to school and could not receive hours at work, the social worker I had was awful, she was rude, unreliable, and didn't seem like she cared. There can't be people like her fulfilling this job market! I am going to show her how its done!

good for you! all the best with your studies

i m a social worker too, and i love my job, but not my salary. I go to work only because of my love to people, who need help and supporting, og not for money.

i love social work!

Yeah, I don't get why people are negative towards them :S personally I appreciate people like you in society, you really make a difference.

Though this clip is intended to arouse sympathy for SWs, it is, a scathing critique.
Whenever an individual, or a group, arrogates the rights and resposibilities of a community, they become overburdened and their lives become unmanageable.
It is rightfully communities which should be dealing with these problems. Communities have more resources, greater pools of wisdom and people who may (or may not) have problems will be assessed (not judged!) by their peers.

I'm considering a career change
Social work really interests me
I'm currently a Registered Technologist
I need to work directly with people

guys im currently a 2nd year law student but want to do social work so bad.its a fantastic career and i plan on transfering from law to social work. i just wanted to know what is the work load like and the pay?

Both the workload and pay totally depend on the area of social work you end up working in. Nobody goes into social work for the money. Generally, they say that if you're earning $40K, you're "really making it."

Combining a JD with an MSW is actually a really great career move, so if you enjoy law school at all, stay with it!

wow... this helped me figure out my future. thank you